#Yale (2022-2023)

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regal relic
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less than a minute on my last discrete lecture

languid magnet
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wait a second... you can't prove that you exist

regal relic
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then imma get some water and sleep

languid magnet
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fax

regal relic
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disprove me rn

knotty oracle
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lol on discord in class

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smh

languid magnet
regal relic
regal relic
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guess we’ll have to settle

languid magnet
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i can prove that i exist to me

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but i can't to you

knotty oracle
regal relic
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it’s 10pm

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i take discrete math async

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i did my homework earlier but the lectures are graded videos on edpuzzle

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it’s torture

languid magnet
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oh dang

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my teacher for my class is meh

knotty oracle
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my teachers this year as so bad

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physics c teacher keeps on showing us mars rover vids in class

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math teacher keeps on showing us mit ocw

languid magnet
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goated

knotty oracle
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cs teacher gives us code and makes us resubmit it

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so we're graded on comments

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LMAO

languid magnet
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my "foundations of advanced mathematics" teacher just goes so slow

knotty oracle
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oh, pain

languid magnet
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yeah, i'm just reading through books by mysefl

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they wouldn't let me skip to real analysis 😦

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one of my undergrad friends got coffee with a math prof

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and she asked him "did you tell a high school junior he should take real analysis?" 😆

knotty oracle
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oh yeah i don't like old fashioned teachers

languid magnet
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i love them

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as a professor, i will be old fashioned

knotty oracle
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like if I stayed in my old school system I would only be able to take bc in 12th grade

languid magnet
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oh wait, about that...

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yeah no

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hate that

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i was supposed to take it freshman year but they clowned me

knotty oracle
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😦

languid magnet
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but yeah the university has three profs that were all like "no real analysis for you bozo"

knotty oracle
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:(:(

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dang

languid magnet
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oh well, maybe i can test out 🗿

knotty oracle
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lol idk if that's a good idea but...

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I'll try testing out of diffeq

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maybe

languid magnet
languid magnet
regal relic
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i tested out of… alg 1

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lmfao

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I’m not smart enough to test out of anything

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but i took alg 2 in 8th grade

primal gorge
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bruh i took alg 2 in 10th

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i’m so normal

languid magnet
vivid viper
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I got bumped from alg 1 to geometry freshman year

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That's as far as they were willing to go though

languid magnet
spring ravine
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Hi! Do y'all know if this means my app is getting reviewed rn or is it considered "not complete" because no mid-year report

image.png
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I'd assume they would still review apps with no report bc a lot of them come out later but

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shrug

worldly finch
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they will review it

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send in the mid year report asap tho

spring ravine
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no midyear

worldly finch
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oh

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idk how that works, email or call and they will answer you

torn igloo
viscid idol
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Is it bad if I dont get an interview

eternal needle
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just let it be

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they will figure it out because of your final transcript from last year

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and you should be doing something in your gap year and you should have talked about that which gives them another indication lol

spring ravine
eternal needle
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oh fr?

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maybe i should email them

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i was just letting it be

spring ravine
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So I was just wondering if midyear report still qualified it as “incomplete” or if that one’s special bc they know a lot of ppl don’t have it

spring ravine
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They just told me to update my application and tell them that I’m on a gap year

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So they can waive it

eternal needle
spring ravine
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Do you mean their questionnaire thing

eternal needle
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no no theirs an "email an admissions" section on portal

spring ravine
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The one where you usually say like “hey I won the Nobel prize” in February or something

eternal needle
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oh.... i literally sent them a document through that titled "Gap Year Update", informing them about my gap year projects and where I am at with those

spring ravine
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I just put that in my gap year essay

tame rapids
spring ravine
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💀

eternal needle
spring ravine
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Bro

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U gotta go back through your common app and check everything the following year dog

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Did you say you were taking a gap year in the education section

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@eternal needle

eternal needle
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oh that section. I graduated high school late so I had to explain all of that

spring ravine
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Oh well I’m a co22 hs student just taking a regular timeline gap year so when I selected that in the education section they wanted me to explain why

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In a 250 word essay

eternal needle
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i graduated co22 too

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just at 19 lmao

spring ravine
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So I used like 170 of those words explain what I did why I did it and the impact I had

eternal needle
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I will send an update through the portal further clarifying my reasons for the gap year

tame rapids
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wait....so like, idk anything about gap yrs
so you like have a guaranteed place at yale or can they like reject you still? (assuming you took a gap yr after getting in) @eternal needle

torn igloo
eternal needle
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Friend did, he got in

tame rapids
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oh aight

tame rapids
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yo i read a reddit ans where the interviewer mentioned yale rushed ordered that interview and wanted a report ASAP

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ig that means atleast some apps have started reaching committee phase

vivid viper
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what's rush ordering in this context

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like they needed it after or before

tame rapids
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ig they prolly just tell the interviewer to get the interview report as quickly as possible

vivid viper
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interesting

tame rapids
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yo you got 10 acceptances? @vivid viper

vivid viper
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yeah lol

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mostly safeties, got one nod from Umiami through that scholarship invite

tame rapids
vivid viper
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😭 just waiting for the reaches atp

tame rapids
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lol all i applied to were reaches

vivid viper
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lmaoooo not even one safety?

tame rapids
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nah

vivid viper
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i'd at least still apply to some rolling schools/others with RD still open just in-case

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penn state has decen astrophysics iirc and it's rolling

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no essay either

knotty oracle
thorn pulsar
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the intl struggle kek

tame rapids
regal relic
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penn state is kinda expensive tho. i prefer univ of arizona for astro

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really really really solid astro safety

spring ravine
regal relic
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i’ve been

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also you get used to it

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i was in nm for almost 2 months and then out west for longer

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in the summer

tame rapids
chilly sundial
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Any cs applicants in here

kindred compass
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me

lost spire
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mee

torn igloo
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maths + CS

steady edge
vague umbra
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yo what's with the new mail

nimble lance
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huh

spring ravine
torn igloo
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It was an international thing

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Just a mid year report reminder

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Baited me out, thought it was about an interview lol

regal relic
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yale senior interviews started coming out :0

charred cedar
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What about alum

regal relic
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yale senior interviews roll out until early feb

charred cedar
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Damn

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Probs not going to get one

regal relic
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early-mid is when likelies come out

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same

charred cedar
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Really?

regal relic
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i’ve gotten 2 interviews total

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mit and harvard

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💀

charred cedar
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5 for me

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I applied REA and no interview

regal relic
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oh sheesh

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yale rea?

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deferred?

charred cedar
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Yes

regal relic
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nice

steady edge
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I’ve gotten Yale, washu, Harvard, Princeton, and Duke interviews

regal relic
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a deferral means ur still in the running

nimble lance
charred cedar
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Probably

regal relic
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i live in a low population area so i didn’t really expect an interview

regal relic
nimble lance
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ah

regal relic
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someone posted about one a few hours ago

steady edge
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That’s pretty good odds still. Not like a usc deferral or something

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You a legacy?

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Nice

spring ravine
regal relic
spring ravine
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but senior as in like

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AOs?

regal relic
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no

charred cedar
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Senior as in senior

regal relic
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student

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yes

spring ravine
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O

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that's cool

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no

lofty swift
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should i be worried if i haven't received an interview req

flat glen
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^ ditto

spring ravine
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Anyone else get a wacky ass email when they press "email admissions" in the portal

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💀

charred cedar
spring ravine
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how do you know it's automated? yale says they don't recalc ur gpa so I'd imagine you can't really automate such a thing unless it's based on test scores (ik this is from a while ago but I was lookin up stuff on senior interview in server history lol)

regal relic
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idk i figured they always had algos to sort out 2.0 gpa

spring ravine
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nah

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I've been to an info session and listened to their podcast and they say they read all apps front to back regardless

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and they don't recalc gpa

regal relic
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ic

spring ravine
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I think a lot of colleges are adamant about that tbh

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at least the privates

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I've heard that from duke and penn as well

wind cipher
regal relic
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what

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bro got boosted

wind cipher
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so im not entirely sure what metrics they use and don't use

wind cipher
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but their usage of "read" may be different than ours-- I don't exactly think the admissions office is doing a close reading on every application submitted

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i think they probably skim the thing

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and AOs just have keen eyes (you can get them too after reading thousands of essays)

nimble lance
wind cipher
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yes

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all current students have the right to see their admissions files (under FERPA)

nimble lance
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interesting

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i think i waived it cause i heard somewhere colleges think its sus if you look at your recommendations beforehand

wind cipher
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thats different

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waiving your FERPA rights to see your high school recommendations does not remove your rights everywhere

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you can still see your application file

wind cipher
nimble lance
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ah wait

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thats actually pretty cool

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so whichever schools i get accepted to

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i can do that?

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or only the one i attend

regal relic
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once you commit

vivid viper
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this is weird

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it's been 20 days

regal relic
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same

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no interview

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😓

vivid viper
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I got one but not the double trouble senior one ✨

regal relic
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i have gotten 0

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so

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you definitely have the upper hand

vivid viper
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how long do they offer interviews for?

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you may get one down the line

wind cipher
spring ravine
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so ya idk what's rlly going on there

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also hello fellow 3.7er

vivid viper
wind cipher
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they probably just rounded down from the 4.4

spring ravine
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how would that work

vivid viper
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yeah that's weird

wind cipher
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lol

spring ravine
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lmao

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how do u even have a 4.4w with a 3.7

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does ur school do normal weighting?

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like normal classes 4.0 ap 5.0?

wind cipher
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normal 4.0 honors 4.5 ap 5.0

spring ravine
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ah

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so u must've had like

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15+ APs?

wind cipher
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eh

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my school weighted advanced CS courses as being AP level

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so that gave me a solid GPA boost

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since I took AP CS A sophomore year, I was able to take three AP-weighted CS courses after that

spring ravine
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Oh that's cool

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are you a cs major then?

wind cipher
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possibly

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i really wanna do applied physics but I might try to snag the CS degree too

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i am 100% gonna get the cerificate though

spring ravine
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  • philosophy
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that's like the only thing I talked about in my "why yale" 💀

wind cipher
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yeah physics here seems cool

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i am just a small first year though so I haven't delved deep into research yet

spring ravine
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that yale has a physics and philosphy major and I like that they have that "and" factor bc it's two intersecting interests of mine, didn't even mention specific programs or profs 💀

wind cipher
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yeah the physics and philosophy major honestly seems really cool

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i know a few people who wanna do it

spring ravine
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yeah seems neat

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from your experience writing apps do yk if it's necessarily a bad thing if we don't mention programs or profs in why us

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and more so do it based off culture and general philosophy they have towards certain programs

wind cipher
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i am such a small sample size that you cannot statistically determine anything from me

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you need every yale student ever

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but i dont think it will explicitly detriment you

spring ravine
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or I guess a better way to phrase the question is

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did you do it?

wind cipher
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i did but none of my 5 other suitemates did

rare jacinth
wind cipher
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a yale senior interviews you instead of an alum

rare jacinth
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is that a yale unique thing? i’ve never heard of that before atleast for the schools i applied to

wind cipher
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possibly

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but probably not

rare jacinth
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whats the importance of it? is it more impactful than an alumni interview?

wind cipher
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my understanding is that it is just as much of an interview as an alumni one

rare jacinth
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okok tysm

wind cipher
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np

rigid jay
muted grotto
wind cipher
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thanks kate

worthy sky
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Is it a bad thing if I haven't received an interview?

wind cipher
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not necessarily

muted grotto
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i haven’t either lmao

rare jacinth
muted grotto
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me when i check my email and still see no interview request (i am sad because no interview but also a yale interview sounds stressful)

spring ravine
muted grotto
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yeah catyes

spring ravine
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same

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whatchu doin?

muted grotto
# spring ravine whatchu doin?

i was working, recently quit but going to start working again soon hopefully. and i’m traveling for a month in march

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but yeah mostly working and sleeping plenty to get any burnout out of my system before college

spring ravine
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gotcha

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I feel u on the burnout

muted grotto
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wbu?

vivid viper
tame rapids
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i just got so excited on receiving a yale email, turns out it was a reminder for mid yr report 😐

viscid idol
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whats the difference between senior vs alum interview other than the fact that its an alum vs a senior student conducting it

muted grotto
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just scroll up a bit

thorn pulsar
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im not even getting email reminders for my midyear report and ik its not uploaded yet

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unis avoiding me like the plague

tame rapids
thorn pulsar
tame rapids
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dw, its just a reminder atp

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you're good

thorn pulsar
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hope so this whole process is stressing

regal relic
primal gorge
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i didn’t get any interview 😭

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all that work into my yale app for what

lost gorge
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People who don’t get interviews can still get in no?

spring ravine
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ofc

wind cipher
tame rapids
rugged crow
rugged crow
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Cause I did not find any international getting a senior interview yet.

cinder gate
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I think that senior is just starting to roll out

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But there’s that thing on a2c where ppl think it’s a likely letter

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No

rugged crow
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Ahh... I did not get any yet though I'm international so prolly they roll out later

cinder gate
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I did! Had it yesterday

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Ye from Chicago

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No it was virtual

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It was alright I feel like I didn’t get every single thing out that I wanted to say but she was sweet

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I saw a post where it encouraged ppl to know abt books and then she ended up extending our convo by talking abt the book ban at my school

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An hr

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She specified that she could go from 30-60 min and was gonna cap off at 30

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But then books happened LMAO

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I know ppl who have had two and three hr interviews

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Oh nice! Which college

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I’d be afraid of in person ngl

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nice nice

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In person is cool I feel like I would just be intimidated a little

uncut hazel
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any uk students got an interview yet?

regal relic
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congrats on the likely

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i didn’t get any interviews yet

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i’d like to get one

languid magnet
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because you’re special

regal relic
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they’re giving the people they want to admit interviews

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i blame it on lack of availability until i get contacted for my senior interview 🥴

lost spire
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does yale have legacy scholarships?

regal relic
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no

lost spire
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dang

burnt sentinel
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Any international interviews yet from outside the UK, Canada, and Mexico?

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What is this website?

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Damn

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Imagine being me and not even getting an alumni interview

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I must be an auto admit fr

regal relic
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nah i’m pretty sure i’m just going to get rejected

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no alumni interview + no secondary interview = reject p much

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i’m not insanely cracked either

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so there’s no way i’m an auto admit

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🤷‍♀️

burnt sentinel
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Nah if anything I’ll get yield protected

lost spire
burnt sentinel
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This is my safety school

lost spire
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is this like statistically backed up?

regal relic
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because they ask for an interview when they want more information on you

lost spire
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yeah that makes sense but by how much?

regal relic
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yale is selective about interviews

burnt sentinel
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Hopefully I’m not getting an interview because I live in Eastern Europe

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And not because I suck

regal relic
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like, pretty much the only college that bases interviews on when they want more information about the applicant

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i’ve gotten 2 interviews total and both were oos

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i’m in a dry region

lost spire
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i have a columbia interview on thursday

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no others

regal relic
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there’s like 0 local interviewers

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i’ve had mit and harvard

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and that’s it

lost spire
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how'd they go

regal relic
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rlly good

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i got deferred harvard rea tho, so

lost spire
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nice

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dang

regal relic
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but my mit rd one was nice

burnt sentinel
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I’ve had penn and washu. The washu interviewer lived multiple countries away

regal relic
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i applied to 13 schools

muted grotto
lost spire
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same iirc

regal relic
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admitted to 1 so far

lost spire
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i got into 2

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and those are the only decisions i got

regal relic
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but idk, i think i just got L’d

lost spire
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so hopefully hte streak continues

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who knows

burnt sentinel
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Manifesting

muted grotto
eternal needle
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I messed up w some of the diction in my essays so I’m not expecting much either haha

burnt sentinel
muted grotto
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people really liked my yale essays but my PS is shit and my ec’s are mid for yale so….

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i think if i’m not borderline admit i’m just autoreject

burnt sentinel
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All I have are my ECs. I’m trying to pull an Avi Schiffman

eternal needle
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You got this

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Fr tho I love interviews

hollow kite
kind hamlet
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lol west coast and no interview so ready for a rejection

uncut hazel
hollow kite
primal gorge
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Anyone from Midwest with senior interviews?

steady edge
primal gorge
steady edge
primal gorge
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i highly doubt it

steady edge
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gotta have confidence

vivid viper
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naah, its not

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i was wrong

nimble lance
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fr?

steady edge
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hope you didn't get your hopes up 💀

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but it's still a very good sign overall

thorn pulsar
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rip nothing worse than getting hopes up so early

viscid idol
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do internationals (Canada) get likely letters

steady edge
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but i haven't seen any examples or anyhting

viscid idol
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is it rarer? I havent really heard

viscid idol
steady edge
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but also like, yale acceptances are rare, much less a likely letter

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there's been a lot of talk surrounding them recently, it's important to keep in mind, that's like the top 1% of the admitted students Yale

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i understand the hype but still

viscid idol
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yeah definitely true

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what are some non-ivies that also send likelies?

steady edge
languid magnet
knotty oracle
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wait so getting an interview at yale is good?

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like how many ppl get one?

languid magnet
knotty oracle
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interesting...

languid magnet
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math major? 👀

knotty oracle
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yeah

languid magnet
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me too!

knotty oracle
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🙂

languid magnet
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what math are you in?

knotty oracle
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multivariable calc

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hbu?

languid magnet
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oh okay niceee

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i'm taking a proofs class rn and self-studying lin alg, i took multivar last semester

knotty oracle
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nice

languid magnet
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yeah

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cool, i like seeing other math people

knotty oracle
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same

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math ftw

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unfortunately math is apparently very competitive ;-;

languid magnet
jovial tinsel
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Jk

knotty oracle
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and also all the moppers and imo kids 😳

languid magnet
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imagine making it to the imo

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i prefer a broader array of ECs

knotty oracle
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yeah same

regal relic
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that’s why you do: whatever you’re passionate about

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the acceptance rates are low all around

knotty oracle
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i'm gonna be honest tho

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i did some stuff purely for college apps lol

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but mostly I did stuff i enjoy

regal relic
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i won’t admit i didn’t either

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my stuco begged me to be exec treasurer

charred cedar
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@knotty oracle u got a senior interview?

knotty oracle
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no just alumni interview

languid magnet
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i did nothing purely for college apps

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then again, i didn’t know i would be applying this year

languid magnet
unreal quail
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Any Asian intl got an interview?

rugged crow
unreal quail
tame rapids
summer pier
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dam my sanity fr at 0

tame rapids
summer pier
steady edge
tame rapids
steady edge
unreal quail
unreal quail
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might be more now

steady edge
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Yeah the Yale AOs mentioned likeleys in their podcast and just emphasized how rare they are and how to not worry about them

muted grotto
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please don’t spam

vivid viper
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Casually starts at 3.5/1300 and expects me to near 4.0/1600 in 31 days

regal relic
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SMH

tame rapids
regal relic
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i got a mit acceptance letter on there once

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3.74 1600 chief editor of newspaper and it worked lmfao

vivid viper
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I got a 3.8/1500 and got rejected from everyone because I had no ECs and he kept hospitalized himself

regal relic
rugged crow
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I got hospitalized and suspended from school multiple times.

regal relic
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my sanity is probably -2 and my exhaustion has been 110 before and i’m fine 🧐

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just get better

rugged crow
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🧐

robust bear
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nah i j had my alumni one

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wait so u got alumni one and then a senior one? 👀

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what was the gap between finishing ur alumni interview and getting the senior interrview request

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also wait wtf ur a junior?

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i like the junior color better anyway

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sheesh

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i'd be excited if i got one of those

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🙏

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definitely do not think those are arbitrary

regal relic
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i would like

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an interview 🌝

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😭 just one at all

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please yell college

glass arch
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Icy

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What does 12p mean

regal relic
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pending

glass arch
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Oh ohh

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Okay

charred cedar
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What’s ur stats

charred cedar
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I guess yeah

burnt sentinel
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Where are the European interviews at fr

regal relic
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standard for likelies prob

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did you have national/intl awards

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ah

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ok

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damn i’m just not good enough for an interview at all 😭

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I’m 4.0 uw but i went test optional, i have national stuff too but they didn’t even look at me prob

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yep

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did you already submit a midyear?

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also what major did you apply for

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ok good to know

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i don’t have a midyear yet

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ohh okay

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yeah i applied for astrophysics

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i did astro + public policy

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i’m just fr worried that i’m not good enough to even be considered lmao 😭

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everyone’s getting interviews and i’ve gotten 2 total

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between EA and RD

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good to hear

vivid viper
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Um yeah

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An interview is not necessary

thorn pulsar
charred cedar
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@iron elk any cs awards?

regal relic
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boutta pull out the 10x USACO plat + 20x ISEF

vivid viper
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Lol I've been spoiled with jnterviews

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If Stanford hands me one soon, I would have 6

spring ravine
regal relic
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at least i didn’t meme a mit app

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my meme app was my actual app

regal relic
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ah okay

robust bear
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cracked

robust bear
wind cipher
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yread

wind cipher
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preferably if and when you get here since they’d probably be more candid

fluid frost
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yell

charred cedar
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Like what awards

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Or are u a URM?

nimble lance
regal relic
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ru from cali

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ahh

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socal?

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nah ik some people who applied from that area who’ve heard nothing back yet

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RIP

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hope ur not harker

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oh 💀

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my west coast geography isn’t the best

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international award typically doesn’t correlate with much else other than cali & ny feeders

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but that was just a wild guess

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all of my friends who got STS were west coast

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midatlantic east coast

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😓 small state

muted grotto
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gotta be delaware

regal relic
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i’ve been doxxed

muted grotto
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my condolences

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everyone pray for icyy

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they’re not dead or anything they just live in delaware

regal relic
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i’m so glad you can’t find jackshit about me on the internet

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else it’d be really easy to doxx me

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lmao

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nvm it literally still is

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oh well

muted grotto
charred cedar
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Crazy

regal relic
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meeeh it’s fine

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lol

charred cedar
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Don’t they only do senior interviews for urm

regal relic
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no

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ur either cracked out of your mind

muted grotto
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no? 😭

regal relic
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or you’re cracked out of your mind and URM

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💀

charred cedar
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Yeah

regal relic
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they obviously have interviewers so why not just interview me smh

muted grotto
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no fr… what’s the holdup guys!

regal relic
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i’ve gotten an interview from montreal and baltimore and they can’t send someone from like anymore of the neighboring states to interview me

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smh

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does no yale interview = no chance

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i feel like that’s how it is this yr

vivid viper
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no

charred cedar
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Nah

vivid viper
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that's not how it works lol

muted grotto
#

im allowing myself to not think i’m autoreject by justifying no interview with me living abroad

vivid viper
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praying for senior interview next 😎

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if that ever happens

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idt i'm that cracked though

regal relic
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but delaware

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= basically abroad

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asian male in cs?

unreal quail
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want a yale interview so bad pleeeeeeease 😭 but prob no interview because intl...

regal relic
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ah

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  • senior
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don’t bother with alumni

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a likely will do

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they should

nimble lance
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so when they send you an email

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they just give you a link to schedule a meeting?

lost gorge
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👀

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Rip

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Lol

primal gorge
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i’m probably not gonna get in

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i have 0 chance

eternal needle
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let's stay postive!

tame tree
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are yale interviews selective for internationals

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Someone told me it doesn’t mean an acceptance but it means they’re looking for more information

eternal needle
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At least you got one (I presume)

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Radio silence over on my side

tame tree
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Like 5 of my classmates did lmao

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So I’m also hoping I get mine

eternal needle
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Ahhh

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Where are you from?

tame tree
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India

eternal needle
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Fair fair

robust bear
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W

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you prolly getting a likely 🥵

sinful hazel
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just now?

charred cedar
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how could you know that

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that doesnt mean there was a "wave"

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lol

sinful hazel
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does senior interview = likely

nimble lance
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whats ur major

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ah alright

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i have hope

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i'm econ

robust bear
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fkkk iwant a senior interview

glass arch
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lmao forgot i applied to this school

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i had good essays i think

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

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i literally started them at like 10:30 on the due date

spring ravine
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it wasn't a meme app this year sooooooooooo

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we chillin

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:D

vivid viper
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I didn't even submit test scores so I alr know I'm def not getting a senior

eternal needle
vivid viper
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only have like 2 logged, did some dual credit instead lol
APMWH was a 4 and APUSH was 3

eternal needle
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I didn't submit test scores too and instead i submitted 4 APs

vivid viper
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lol i took the most aps i ever have this year because there was like, no dual credit open

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awaiting scores for bio calc and stats

eternal needle
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oh aha

vivid viper
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idek if i had an option to submit scores lmao

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i think it did that automatically

eternal needle
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your ap scores?

vivid viper
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yeah

eternal needle
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I mean I took 6 APs and only submitted 4 bec you only declare the ones you want the college to have

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Im hoping for an interview

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but I doubt it

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I think i fall on the auto-reject side lol

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oh well

vivid viper
#

Ngl I really don't think no interview = auto reject/admit

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They just might not have the availability

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They also might give one later on

eternal needle
eternal needle
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I saw ppl getting an interview up to 2 weeks before decisions

vivid viper
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Yup

eternal needle
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It's still so long awaykek

vivid viper
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Plus, I doubt it's as selective as many think because I literally got one like 14 days after submission

eternal needle
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are you domestic?

vivid viper
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Yeah

eternal needle
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nice haha. I'm in the middle east

vivid viper
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Ohhhh

eternal needle
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Dk whether there's many alumni around here

vivid viper
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Yeah idk the situation for internationals really, you can definitely still cite lack of availability though ofc

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Some internationals with no interview get in so

eternal needle
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yeah my mate, who's American, at my school applied and didn't get one and still got in so

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last year

nimble lance
hollow kite
#

Guys lowkey stressing I still haven’t gotten an interview (I’m intl) but I literally live in London, UK so I would hope that I get one becuase availability so idk when to loose hope lol

spring ravine
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when to lose hope? prolly like, mid march lol

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there's still a lot of time left

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but yeah I agree with u, it's stressful

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I haven't got one yet as well

knotty oracle
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did u send ur midyear report yet?

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oh

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nah, probably next week

unkempt geyser
#

yale received midyear report 👍 🤞

shut perch
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still waiting for my mid year report too

thorn pulsar
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mines gonna be sent next week

tame tree
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anyone who's had an interview

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any tips?

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can y'all remember any particular questions the interviewer asked?

tame tree
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anyone!?!?!?

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last minute tips pls

rugged crow
# tame tree last minute tips pls

Didn't get an interview from Yale yet but be sure to read your essays and why Yale stuff. Also think of a few points to mention that are not already on your app and just be cool.

tame tree
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aight yep done that

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thanks

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anything else from anyone who's had one?

tame tree
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Alumni

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Oh like what?

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Aight no worries ty

tame tree
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Thanks

uncut hazel
tame tree
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Lmao the interviewer was an alum of my school💀

digital zodiac
tame tree
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ur school probably huge feeder

charred cedar
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My school is the exact opposite of a feeder

gaunt quarry
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My interviewer plays tennis with my physics teacher and his daughter is a freshman here

charred cedar
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More rejections than acceptances

gaunt quarry
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Interviewer from mit

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For mit

digital zodiac
# tame tree 💀

it's really good acc, I don't need to explain all of my school's really complicated terminology and everything

hasty canopy
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Slay tbh

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I keep forgetting I made this thread and keep getting lowkey iumpscared by the OP beside my name 💀

tame tree
wind cipher
hasty canopy
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Slay

eager vessel
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Does anyone know anything about the “Verification Statement of Household Information” on the financial aid checklist?

iron badger
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same what is this? just noticed it on my portal

azure veldt
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are interviews merit based for yale?

vivid viper
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no

lost gorge
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aren’t they selective

charred cedar
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Nope

tame tree
vivid viper
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Wasn't that message made in like 2020

thorn pulsar
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is “needs more info” good or bad 💀

eternal needle
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Probably just means they need more information to provide an outcome for your application

vivid viper
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yeah

lost gorge
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on that is what i thought

wind cipher
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generally I think it’s a good sign

lost gorge
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👍

wind cipher
regal relic
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it means you’re borderline

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which is a good thing

regal relic
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wait it just popped on mine too

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👀

vivid viper
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Wtf even is that

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I find it funny they would want a household verification form given all the other documents and info

regal relic
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it’s just a random finaid document don’t hype yourself up

IMG_2057.jpg
iron badger
regal relic
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yk if it’s a possibility that my decision has been made before i submit midyear?

charred cedar
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yeah

vivid viper
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When does mid year release

regal relic
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🥲 hopefully

charred cedar
regal relic
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my art grade

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is abysmal right now

charred cedar
regal relic
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but i should be able to bring it up to a B hopefully

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everything else is an A

vivid viper
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Eee

regal relic
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just this art teacher is giving me so much shit right now

vivid viper
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Well

charred cedar
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art is so easy

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just use chatgpt

vivid viper
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It's just art right ✨

regal relic
spring ravine
regal relic
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🥴 academic art classes.

charred cedar
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bro said AP Art History

regal relic
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NO

charred cedar
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AP Music Theory

regal relic
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you know what we have to do for IB art

charred cedar
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watercolor

regal relic
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a 23 slide presentation of analysis + response to 3 separate pieces

a 13-25 slide presentation of all of our progress + analysis of our works over 2 years

an 11 piece exhibition where we curate our own gallery

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not to mention

charred cedar
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In the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Arts Higher Level (HL) course, students explore and understand the visual arts through practical and critical study. This includes creating artworks, analyzing and evaluating artworks, and researching the historical and cultural contexts of art. Students are also expected to reflect on their own artistic process and develop their own artistic style. The course culminates in the creation of an independent art project, known as the "Exhibition."

regal relic
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3 planning/research pages a week

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and turning those into their own separate slides

charred cedar
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sounds pretty easy

regal relic
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it’s hell because we only started doing this shit literally a month ago

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so we’re cramming 2 pieces + 3 slides + 3 journal pages a week

charred cedar
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im taking HL too

regal relic
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and it’s hell

regal relic
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IB art HL has the most time intensive work

charred cedar
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but HL stands for Highest Level at my school

regal relic
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out of all of the IB classes

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HL is Higher level

charred cedar
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no

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theres HL

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its much harder imo

regal relic
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what’s the difference bruh

charred cedar
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HL is Highest Level

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wait

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and there is Higher Level

regal relic
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we have SL and HL

charred cedar
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which is less rigorous

regal relic
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we don’t have that

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I think you’re thinking of

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SL and HL

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but maybe your school calls them all HL

charred cedar
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no

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there is SL

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HL

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and HL

regal relic
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that makes no sense

charred cedar
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and actually

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GL

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but only one kid takes GL

regal relic
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our school offers all of 2 actual HLs + 3 HL electives

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you take HL eng/hist/art, business, or theater

charred cedar
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bro i was just making shit up

regal relic
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💀

charred cedar
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thx for a quick keyboard test tho

regal relic
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what

charred cedar
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i was testing my keyboard

regal relic
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oml

charred cedar
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its pretty good

regal relic
#

what kind of switches

charred cedar
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apple switches

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quite exclusive

regal relic
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so it’s a mac keyboard

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or smth

charred cedar
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m2 max

regal relic
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ok ic

charred cedar
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it is a very high end machine

regal relic
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i was about to nerd out about building keyboards 😭

charred cedar
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i have gateron oil king

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too

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and like 5 other keyboards i got when i was younger

regal relic
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ok ic

charred cedar
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lol

regal relic
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nice

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I have a redragon with mx browns i think

charred cedar
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honestly magic keyboard is better than gateron oil king

regal relic
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rgb of course

charred cedar
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i dont use rgb

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rgb is quite odd

regal relic
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how

charred cedar
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nvm my pc has rgb

regal relic
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they aren’t exclusively rgb

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they’re just backlit

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with rgb setting

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i have a switch for them

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can control their color with my pc

charred cedar
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my monitor has rgb

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it bugs me

regal relic
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rgb monitor sounds weird af

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my box has rgb fans

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but also color controllable

charred cedar
#

now that i think about it

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every part on my setup has rgb

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other than

regal relic
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💀

charred cedar
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g pro x wireless

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and mousepad

regal relic
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bros got the rgb gaming chair

charred cedar
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eh

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no

regal relic
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ngl i’d fall asleep in a gaming chair

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that’s why i have to sit in an office chair

charred cedar
#

my mid year got sent today

regal relic
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nice

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the semester ends tuesday

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i have a 34 in art because my teacher doesn’t want to grade my shit

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but it’ll go up

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she just refuses to put in my grades until i get everything done citing that she wants to give me more time to finish but keeps taking off late points

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even tho it’s done

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it’s a shitshow

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✨

spring ravine
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34 IN ART

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💀

regal relic
#

listen

spring ravine
regal relic
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there’s like 10 assignments for this stupid process portfolio

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and i’ve done half of them

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she’s put in 0

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stating that once i turn them all in shell start going back and grading them

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saying that i have none done

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and taking off late points daily for the stuff i’ve turned in

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it’s an utter shitshow

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i have an A in every other class

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she keeps making the case “you don’t need to get into a good university to be happy”

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i won’t be happy when you purposely fuck my grade over so i can’t get into a good university

spring ravine
#

why is an art teacher talking about university prestige lmao

regal relic
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no fucking clue

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she went to rowan

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saying that you can stay local and be happy

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and that her grading is fair when she’s not even grading the assignments you turn in and continuously taking off late points

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the highest grade in her class rn is a 58

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lol

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then she says she’s being generous by giving my pieces a 78%

vivid viper
#

wtf

languid magnet
#

i got a higher grade than you now

regal relic
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nah it’ll be up to a B+

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i just really don’t like having a B+ on my midyear

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i don’t think it would necessarily tank my chances

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but it could still be a negative

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esp since my theme is like yeah hahah i like art! and stem!

tranquil comet
#

laughs in 79.4 on my myr

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thanks to my ib history hl teacher shes a real one 😉

regal relic
#

u think it’s fine if I have a B+ on my midyear

charred cedar
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yes

regal relic
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esp since i want to go into astrophys and got As in my math and physics classes

charred cedar
#

for art?

regal relic
#

yeah

regal relic
spring ravine
#

but colleges won't really care no

regal relic
#

alright

olive topaz
#

IM PULLING THROUGH

charred cedar
#

Huh

olive topaz
#

i just got a verification statement of household information

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for financial aid

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does this mean anything

vivid viper
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No

olive topaz
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fuck i think i know why

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whatever tbh

eternal needle
#

I'm an international student and I haven't received that

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may be just domestic

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or not

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dk

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But then again I haven't submitted my fin information as a whole lol

prime cloud
#

rip 🤣🤣🤣

prime cloud
prime cloud
#

need to submit the noncustodial waiver but caught up in domestic applications. sick 😩

eternal needle
prime cloud
#

so far it's crickets for me

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from every college that ive applied to 😭

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my prospects seem terribly bleak

eternal needle
#

No same haven’t got any interview

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For Penn or Yale

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I’m guessing Penn bec of availability

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And Yale I doubt I will get one

prime cloud
#

yeah i suspect that i won't get any either

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but they barely get any apps from my city so i'm gonna cope with the possibility that I'm not getitng any interviews because of availability

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hell, my entire country isn't a stanford interview location 🤣

eternal needle
#

Where are you from😂😭

prime cloud
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pakistan

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im surprised they don't offer interviews because

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it's not like it's an awfully small/underrepresented country

eternal needle
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True

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But not as big as India

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So idk how many alumni are there

grim agate
#

Early is almost over, RD season begins

eternal needle
radiant oyster
eternal needle
#

Me after ivy day

olive topaz
#

me after friday